John Salazar

Texas

Reporter at Spectrum News 1 (San Antonio, Texas)

Multimedia Journalist at Spectrum News Texas

Multimedia Journalist at Spectrum News Austin

Nikki Rowe Highschool Class of 2025

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Articles

Brownsville lawyer fears client will be deported without due process

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | John Salazar

TEXAS — The deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the United States to El Salvador continues to receive national and international attention. The Salvadorian native was under protective court order by an immigration judge who ruled Garcia could not be removed from the U.S. because of credible fear of persecution. Regardless, the Department of Homeland Security, operating under White House policies, placed Garcia on a plane with other migrants to El Salvador.
ICE agents use of 'welfare checks' to detain migrants is under scrutiny

1 month ago | spectrumnews1.com | John Salazar

TEXAS — At a Michigan rally resembling the campaign trail on Tuesday, President Donald Trump celebrated the 130,000 deportations carried out in his first 100 days in office with a supportive crowd. Some of those deportations have come under intense scrutiny by civil rights attorneys, immigrant advocates and family members of the deported.
Texas Supreme Court to hear AG Paxton's Annunciation House appeal

Jan 13, 2025 | spectrumlocalnews.com | John Salazar |Craig Huber

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s claim that the nonprofit Annunciation House in El Paso is operating a migrant stash house. The case has been in and out of courts for a year.
Migrant caravan heads to U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso

Apr 1, 2024 | spectrumlocalnews.com | John Salazar

EL PASO, Texas — Another mass migration caravan is headed north for the U.S. southern border. Approximately 2,000 migrants began their journey in late March from Tapachula, Mexico, located on the Guatemala border. As of Monday, Spectrum News 1 has learned the group is headed to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the sister city to El Paso, Texas. The route shown above is from Voir Dire International., a Houston-based group that has been tracking mass migration events for the last few years.
Democrats send letter to Mayorkas raising concerns about CBP One app

Mar 28, 2024 | spectrumlocalnews.com | John Salazar

LAREDO, Texas — Three dozen members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting an immediate fix to never-ending software problems and other identified issues with the CBP One app.
CBP Notice to Appear documents for immigrants hit all-time high

Oct 13, 2023 | spectrumlocalnews.com | John Salazar

AUSTIN, Texas — According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data collected and studied by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, the federal government issued 280,000 Notice to Appear (NTA) documents in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2023. That's a massive spike from 95,000 NTAs issued in 2022. Five years ago, in 2018, CBP issued 48,000. The last month TRAC collected data, July 2023, was a record month with 44,000 NTAs issued by CBP.
CBP stats show lowest number of border crossings in 2 1/2 years

Jul 28, 2023 | spectrumnews1.com | John Salazar

TEXAS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) latest operational statistics, for June 2023, show a “significant and continuing decline in migrant encounters along the Southwest border.”The numbers released in July are the lowest since President Joe Biden took office 2 1/2 years ago.
Power of Texas: The future of geothermal energy production

Jul 13, 2023 | spectrumlocalnews.com | John Salazar